1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round

The CAF Third Round of 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 6 CAF members.

Results

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea	2–3	Tunisia	1–0	1–3
Nigeria	6–2	Ivory Coast	4–0	2–2
Egypt	2–0	Zambia	2–0	0–0

5 June 1977	Guinea	1 – 0	Tunisia	Conakry, Guinea
	Ismail Eusebio			Referee: Larache (Morocco)

19 June 1977	Tunisia	3 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Guinea	Tunis, Tunisia
	B. Abdullah Khouini Liman		L. Sylla	Referee: Bahig ()

Tunisia advanced to the Final Round.

10 July 1977	Nigeria	4 – 0	Ivory Coast	Lagos, Nigeria
	Usiyan 7', 30' Iwelumo 18' Ojebode 56' (pen)			Referee: Chayu (Zambia)

25 July 1977	Ivory Coast	2 – 2 (2 – 6 agg.)	Nigeria	Bouaké, Ivory Coast
			Odegbami 74' Amiesimaka 89'	Referee: N'Diaye (Senegal)

Nigeria advanced to the Final Round.

15 July 1977	Egypt	2 – 0	Zambia	Cairo, Egypt
	Gaafar 29' Hamam 49'			Referee: Michelotti (Italy)

31 July 1977	Zambia	0 – 0 (0 – 2 agg.)	Egypt	Lusaka, Zambia
				Referee: Gordon (Scotland)

Egypt advanced to the Final Round.